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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
No saints or angels No saints or angels Ivan Klíma "Kristyna, a dentist, lives in Prague with her unruly teenage daughter, Jana. Born on one of the most momentous days of the last century - the day Stalin died - Kristyna's life seems full of uncertai… OL155703W
The alchemist's door The alchemist's door Lisa Goldstein Fleeing to Prague to escape a demon attack, alchemist and astrologer John Dee assists a mystic rabbi in the creation of a clay Golem that will defend the city's Jewish Quarter and prevent the fulfill… OL15834399W
Necessary errors Necessary errors Caleb Crain "It's October 1990. Jacob Putnam is young and full of ideas. He's arrived a year too late to witness Czechoslovakia's revolution, but he still hopes to find its spirit, somehow. He discovers a countr… OL19967939W
Wolf on a string Wolf on a string John Banville "Bestselling author Benjamin Black turns his eye to sixteenth century Prague and a story of murder, magic and the dark art of wielding extraordinary power Christian Stern, an ambitious young scholar … OL20056055W
A year and a day A year and a day Isabelle Broom Welcome to a city where wishes are everywhere For Megan, a winter escape to Prague with her friend Ollie is a chance to find some inspiration for her upcoming photography exhibition. But she's determ… OL20872657W
Die for You Die for You Lisa Unger In a smart New York apartment, Isabel Raine is having breakfast with her husband. After her tragic childhood, she has only ever wanted to be loved and in Marcus Raine she thought she'd found the man … OL21240540W
The Book of Splendor The Book of Splendor Frances Sherwood "Written with Frances Sherwood's inimitable wit and earthy flair, The Book of Splendor is an unusual historical novel about the most unlikely of lovers, interwoven with the mysticism of the Jewish oc… OL3492121W
The miracle game The miracle game Josef Škvorecký Smiricky, from "The Engineer of Human Souls", is a witness to an event, which the Catholic townspeople insist is a miracle, but the Communist Party denounces as a fraud. A priest dies under interroga… OL4109812W
Die unsichtbare Wand Die unsichtbare Wand H. G. Adler "Told in a ... stream-of-consciousness style reminiscent of our finest modernist writers, The Wall is the story of Arthur Landau, a Holocaust survivor struggling to leave behind the horrors of the pa… OL4411317W
Prague Counterpoint Prague Counterpoint Brock Thoene In Vienna Prelude, Elisa Lindheim risked her life helping others escape pre-World War II Austria. The climactic ending finds her safely in Czechoslovakia, but not for long. A million other lives are … OL543259W
The Golem's Eye The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London. OL85678W